What does "balderdash" mean?
Balderdash: Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
Additional senses
- 2.To mix or adulterate, as liquors. The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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